Music: Eddie Money diagnosed with stage 4 esophageal cancer

[Acadmus]

It's spread to his liver and lymph nodes...which means the prognosis is it's likely terminal. Money himself is saying "It's in God's hands now."

Got his ticket to Paradise and he's waiting for God to take him home. He's 70 - not young, but still not all that old by today's standards. Still a year older than Bowie was and almost 2 decades older than Prince was, so he can count his blessings given he's got the usual background of rock musicians - drugs, alcohol, etc. The cancer was likely brought on by his longtime smoking habit.

Eddie Money announces he has stage 4 esophageal cancer

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[plank]

His 1977 debut album is one of the most underrated rock albums of all-time, IMO.

 

[plank]

and one of the hits(video's not bad either)

 

[Jumptheshark]

I used to love his music until I saw him in concert

It was in Edmonton in the mid 80's and he was opening for Cheap Trick--everything was going good till Eddie decided to tell jokes

his jokes may have flown well in his home town of NYC--but the jokes were offensive and racist to the point where the all white audience told him where he could stick the joke-it was reported the next day that he had told a joke like it in Calgary and it went over like a led balloon.

 

[frisco]

I actually saw a bill over the summer of Starship, Greg Kihn opening for Rick Springfield. Money was supposed to be there instead of Starship but was ill. At the beginning of the RS show, Rick/Greg Kihn did a not bad version of Two Tickets and got the crowd to say a get well wish on video for Eddie. I don't think they knew the seriousness of his condition at the time.

My Best-Carey

 

[plank]

Eddie Money, ‘Take Me Home Tonight’ and ‘Baby Hold On’ Hitmaker, Dead at 70

 

[ORRFForever]

Why do singers always end up with throat related cancer?